#EATING IT‼️‼️‼️💥💥💥

[rainyraisin]

STORE BOUGHT IS AMAZING YESSSS CJWODGKWUE AHHHHH LOOK AT THIS ITS SO FREAKING AWESOME WHAT WHAT WHAT‼️‼️‼️💥💥💥💥💥💥 ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED WITH BOTH VERSIONS THE LIGHTING IS INCREDIBLE AND THE WAY YOU DRAW THE KRANG TENTACLES AND STUFF IS SO CREEPY IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY I LOVE I I LOVE IT I LOVE IT‼️‼️‼️‼️🥺🥺🥺🥺🌸🌸🌸🌸💖💖💖🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ AHHHHHH IM NEVER GONNA GET OVER THIS thank you for the angst this will feed my family for months to come

More of me going feral in the tags because for some reason it’s easier to ramble in those hdkwhdkwhhd

IT'S DONE AHH. Here's my secret exchange piece for @raisondetre2012 for the @rottmnt-secret-gifting event. They told me to summon forth the krangified Donnie angst that lives in my heart and to be frank I don't have any, so I hope store bought is fine xD I hope you like this ^^

[soullessseraphim]

I AM DONE WITH MY FINALS

I AM FREE

I AM FREEEEEEEEEEEE

[thgegooberguy]

I had a funny caption but uhhhh I forgor 🥺

(ermmmmmmm gif credit to captainhowle uhh 💥💥💥‼️)

[anti-tenten]

I have such a. Weird relationship with misogyny in dune. Like misogyny on arrakis is obviously on purpose, Herbert very clearly tried to make a technologically advanced but a very conservative society.

But bene gesserit being treated like ultimate girlbosses doesn't sit right with me. I actually think it is a very interesting organisation because while it does strive to keep power within hands of certain women but it's achieved through perpetuating misogyny. It's powerful women who found a way to navigate the system where they're ultimately not welcome and succeed and they do perpetuate misogyny among each other because without bigotry they might have never got the power they have now. Which is.... Actually pretty historically accurate.

Think of... Maybe not medieval courts, I don't know enough about them and Christian monogamy made it a bit more straightforward (they key word is a bit) than, for instance, their Eastern counterparts, so think of Eastern harems instead (I know a bit more about Chinese history and media so I will use it as an example)

Historically, for women power often was achieved through marriage to a specific person. In harems, where the man's opinion could change on a whim about who's going to be his next spouse and separation was more easily available than in Christian world, in order to ensure a high place in harem, women (since this moment they will be referred to as "concubines" as I mostly use Chinese concubines as a vague example) a) had a child with their high ranking partner (from this point will be referred to as an emperor since, as you can imagine, being an empress would be probably the highest honour to a Chinese woman of the past and would grant one the most power possible) b) just became his favourite which is so subjective it's a one in a million chance to pull off.

The problem with having emperor's child was that the other concubines wouldn't want you to have it. A pregnant concubine could be poisoned, injured, forced a miscarriage or have an already born baby "die under mysterious circumstances". A previously favourite consort who could not give birth to emperor's son would probably be discarded in favour of someone more "fertile".

And these women weren't just lucky few out of the millions. Concubines would be rich girls groomed from the age of 13 to be emperor's future personal sex objects (I am really sick of everybody claiming that it was "so tragic" for concubines when the emperor died, the only tragic things about emperor's death for concubines were a) they would now not be able to become empresses unless someone else toppled the dynasty and took one of them as a wife (because for emperor's male relatives sleeping with emperor's concubines was considered incest. In china incest seems to be a little less common than among Europeans when it comes to nobles, partially, probably, due to the harem system) b) they would forever live as archimonks now forced to pray and grieve every day all day until they died even if they were like. 18 years old. Do you really think these women could refuse sex with a man who controlled their entire lives? Being raped was a part of their job description). They were chosen based on their physical qualities first: light skin, lack of birthmarks, foot size, body type, presence of body hair (lack of it was considered unnatural). They would spend their entire teenage years being servants after being rich girls with servants of their own their entire childhoods. They could be abused by their ladies too: like consort dun of emperor qianglong killed one of her maids, ordering her to be beaten to death for upsetting her. The emperor ordered her to pay a small compensation to the family of the victim and demoted her in rank before restoring her as a consort later.

Empresses were not known for their compassion towards women either: empress dowager lü, the widow of the first emperor of Han dynasty, was said to kill concubine qi, a lover of her deceased husband, over personal dislike, which caused her son to fell ill of shock and die, leaving her as the main source of absolute power in contemporary Han empire. HOWEVER!! Which is a big disclaimer! This happening was only reported by Sima Qian - a pretty notorious misogynist, and contemporary historians of imperial China had their main goal be propaganda in favour of the current emperor first and documentation of historical events second, and lying about actions of previous emperors and empresses especially - to discredit women as too evil, manipulative and emotional to be in power - was not uncommon.

Overall, the only way for a woman to achieve power in court was manipulation and violence towards competition. She could act as a regent, as did empress cixi while being the de-facto ruler of China while her very young nephew was considered the actual ruling emperor, and so did wu zeitan early on when the emperor was too physically weak to effectively rule, but all in all woman in Chinese history was the source of authority by the right of birth, like some princesses in the West could be. There was no such thing as a princess in China, being born to the empress meant you grew up rich but the chance of being a queen was very small - unless you were okay with marrying your brother if he became an emperor maybe, but it's unlikely anyone would let that slide.

And while Cixi, Wu Zeitan and maybe even Lü might cause fascination among modern Chinese people and history nerds around the world alike and were portrayed as cunning and brave centuries later in historical books and even fiction, they were just as guilty of "petty infighting" and harassing other concubines as everyone who didn't succeed. But those who didn't are often portrayed as "jealous girls fighting over a boy" and "evidence that women are evil" while all they did was try to achieve the power they couldn't get by any other means unless they were incredibly lucky, while men enjoyed power from the moment of birth and demonised women who resorted to fighting each other often just to survive.

At which point my pseudointellectual rambling ends and let's return to our muttons, that being dune. While due to supernatural abilities bene gesserit do have power that has nothing to do with their relation to men, their entire goal was to create a man who would be more powerful than them (by the right of being a man who can do the same stuff as them, obviously. Aren't men in female-dominated fields so exceptional?) and manipulate him, other men and other members of bene gesserit to keep power in their hands. But in order to do that, they had to often reduce themselves to breeders. In the beginning of the book Helena mohiam suggests that Jessica was probably planned to be chosen for an incestuous marriage to "strengthen" a certain genetic feature: her sole purpose was seen in giving birth to a certain child, and that child's entire existence was nothing more but a step in creating kwisattz haderach. Margot purposefully seduces feyd (and considering feyd was 17 at the time I'm concerned about what age Margot was supposed to be at the time tbh) just to keep the harkonnen clan bloodline going on the male side (since historically women don't legally inherit the clan name like it happened with Jessica harkonnen and subsequently her son Paul). In order to keep power in their own hands, bene gesserit do not just cling onto powerful men in hopes of manipulating them, but condemn themselves and each other to marriage to men they don't like, sex they don't want, painful childbirth of children they don't care about: they might have supernatural abilities, but their political power comes from sex (sometimes even rape when they're forcibly married to somebody) and breeding.

And Herbert does not portray it as good: bene gesserit do, at the end of the day, hurt each other and others for the sake of collective power which ends in creation of force that they couldn't control in the face of Paul Atreides that breaks free of their control for better or for worse. But also not the ultimate evil: Jessica cares for Paul as her son first, not as a project in making. These women are not a hivemind of giggling witches treating men like puppets and manipulating them with babies. They're composed of individuals, they're a community united by similar ideas and a common goal, but all of them are different, a lot of them are as much victims as they're perpetrators. Older women use the misogyny they experienced on younger women to show their authority. And no, it's not "girlboss queen behaviour". It's a tragedy. Divorcing yourself from your own body, using yourself as a vessel for The (possible) Man™ or another vessel, a man's toy is tragic. A lot of them didn't choose this fate, it's just all they know. Is the power really worth it, especially when your plan comes crashing down? Were those years spent with family you never wanted worth the political intrigue?

Herbert doesn't give us a direct answer as to how we should feel about this: should we despise, pity or even dismiss them as some club of crazy fanatics. He just creates a world where he shows us women who are not above not only intrigue and cultural imperialism but even just fucking over each other and themselves give up their freedom and happiness for the shred of hope their descendants might be great and powerful and they will play a role in their greatness. What we think of that is up to us. But I, personally, don't think it's anything but tragic for everyone involved.

In conclusion:

what

[cypresscries]

WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE SO COLD TODAYYYY

[ningtual]

DAY AND NIGHT WE BEAMING BLAZING JUST LIKE THAT

[transgender-catboy]

His pussy would heal me I think

[fizzytoo]

miguel o’hara in some au that he drives a motorcycle i need that mf to do the akira slide NEOW

[reinabeestudio]

okay yomiel since that last ask i have been searching for what felt like 15 minutes trying to look for that one joke art i made MONTHS back and since its relevant to your AHEM BLUE CODED IDIOTS i present to thee:

we still eating together? :)?

(💘) HHHGHGKGJHH,GMGGHKHJFKFKGKGKKGKGHGGKHKHKG FUCKING HELP ME. MY TYPE... THEY ARE COLLIDIN PLEASE FUCKING KILL ME NOW 0(-(

[minibuilder777]

"leo are you okay"

i am an impres . very fragile 6 year old

[choccymilllk]

hey guys it's mirai choccymilllk silly doodle time ‼️‼️what do you mean it's August now,, what about my artfight..(ive lost my sense of time)

💥💥💥💥💥💥big explosion

[keeps-ache]

wearing pajama pants under my usual clothing because 1) i didn't want to take them off 2) it's cold as hell in this building all the time 3) i am so cozy dude you have no idea

[ponyisle]

My Little Zombie Apocalypse!!

Caption from insta:

"Mlp infection AU except the main six would NEVER be caught lacking. It took Flora a week to even realize something was happening. When Honey didn’t show for their usual hangout she finally figured something was up The six get Ponyville on lockdown almost immediately. Most incidents are contained, and they quickly realize not every infection is fatal. Twilight and Daybreak search for a cure while the other 5 essentially become zombie hunters And it’s fun and cool and none of the main six die or betray another or eat each other or WHATEVER it’s MY zombie AU and I GET TO DECIDE THAT NOTHING BAD HAPPENS🗣️💥💥‼️ Anyways subscribe if you wanna see me draw more guns really badly"

[combataromantic]

A quick guide to being a combat boy !

💥 Eat well, get your protein, and work out your entire body. Don’t just focus on the gun show. Strong legs and a sturdy core will keep you on your feet longer. Don’t be scared to put on some weight.

⚠️ Kick your fear of getting hit. Shying away from potential damage will take the fun out of fighting. Don’t be afraid to take a few smacks and punches, guard your vitals and enjoy the rush. Taking damage is a skill like any other.

🧨 Find ways to get your combat fill day to day to keep boredom down. It’s hard finding people who are down to break your nose, but surrounding yourself with likeminded scrappy dudes can help you build up to it. Arm wrestle, play pain tolerance games, spar, instigate, and keep the competitive spirit alive

💣 Minimize your solo self-destruction. For many of us, it’s impossible to fully kick our habits, but do your best to not weaken yourself more than necessary. Don’t do your opponent’s job for them and don’t give them an easy fight.

‼️ Quit apologizing. Don’t stop to apologize after every hit, this is a two sided fight, you both want this. Keep your momentum and stay relentless. If you must apologize, do it over drinks later.

[tunakitchen]

my dashboard summary

mutual 1: shes so gorgeous ����😭 [photo of a famous woman] ohhh my godd 😭

mutual 2: You guys are so annoying im serious.

mutual 3: we need more yuri NOW‼️

mutual 1: we need more yuri NOW‼️

mutual 4: [really low resolution photo of some guy] 💥 I NEEED TO ****** **** ******* HIM💥

mutual 5: Been getting into RPF lately!

mutual 2: You guys are pissing me off for real.

mutual 5: Just posted my 5K word M/M RPF fic of my favorite guys! Hope everyone enjoys!

mutual 6: is it normal to get nauseous when you eat yogurt.....

mutual 5: My 10k word F/F RPF fic of my favorite guys as women is now posted! Thank you for the support!

mutual 2: Im genuinely so tired of this shit.

mutual 7: i love kindness !! lets all be niceys to eachother🌸🌺🌹🌷😊 Never give up hope !!💕💖

mutual 6: Guys iJust threw up...........

mutual 8: [serene glittering gif of a hibiscus flower floating on water]

mutual 4: we need more yuri NOW‼️

[fenningrya]

hello. can you please draw soldier eating a burger thank you.

Burger‼️💥